Florence and the Machine and Gorillaz Fight for the Future on Their New Albums
Both seem intent upon inspiring listeners to fight through the crushing gravity of the times.
Both seem intent upon inspiring listeners to fight through the crushing gravity of the times.
Teyana’s record is almost too good for the glut of disconcerting Kanye press that preceded it.
If you like your pop music a little forlorn and introspective, you’ll find plenty of candidates here for rainy-day-mood playlists.
The cruel figure he played on the harsher records in his short catalogue lined up with violence he encouraged and visited on others in real life.
Young artists like XXXTentacion, Kodak Black, and Tay-K are making popular music, but their real-life violent actions can’t just be glossed over.
Each song here is the rare team-up where both parties sound like they’re pushing each other to greater heights.
The more it focuses on Jay Rock’s knack for passionate storytelling, instead of flashy hooks and repetition, the better it fares.
It’s all solid backyard cookout music and comforting headphone music.
Their debut collaborative album is the sound of old friends pooling their strengths to overcome tragedy.
Kanye West was once the everyman’s rapper, a poet of the downtrodden. He hasn’t been that artist in years.
Why sell this music with that drama?
Pusha-T’s “The Story of Adidon” is a brutal retaliation.
It’s enticing in some spots, and unlistenable in others.
His new album, Daytona, is a return to form produced by Kanye West that proves that being a rap traditionalist doesn’t mean you have to be boring.
And you can tell he knows it’s great.
Plus: Wild speculation about Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and Childish Gambino.
It’s a fitting document of these tumultuous times.
But it still has power.
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino ditches the old Arctic Monkeys sound in favor of late-night, self-aware vampire soul music.
If he never comes back from wandering out on the edges with the trolls and the racists, the times we felt inspired by his work still belong to us.